Changes for 2022

We learned a lot from running the first edition of the Vege Challenge in 2021 and have made some improvements to the structure of the competition and the criteria for judging, including:

• Opening up the competition to all schools from primary through to secondary.
• Professional judging across five categories, with $900 worth of prizes up for grabs.
• A Peoples Choice award using anonymous photos so smaller schools can compete equally with larger ones.

Criteria for entry

To be eligible to enter the School Vege Challenge, your school must:

• Be a Primary, Intermediate or Secondary school or kura (yrs 1-13).
• Be within 20km of the Whanganui city limits.

The goods to get you started

The competition pack includes everything you need for a great vege garden, resources that schools can use to teach their students how to grow vegetables. It includes:

• Yates Seeds
• Yates Natures Way Organic Citrus, Veggie & Ornamental Spray
• Yates Black Magic Seed Raising Mix
• Zealandia Vegetable Punnets
• Eastown Timber Planter Boxes
• 6x Tui Vegetable Mix 40L
• Tui Quash
• Ican Organic Vegetable Food.

NZME and Springvale Garden Centre would like to thank our Starter Kit sponsors for their generous support:

• Yates NZ
• Zealandia Horticulture
• ican
• Eastown Timber
• Tui Garden Products